Trevecca is runner-up twice in GMAC cross country

The Trevecca men's and women's cross country teams finished in second place at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference championships in Cedarville, Ohio.

Men's race: Logan Rodgers and Ben Moroney finished sixth and seventh. Trevecca also set a school record for lowest team time at the 8k distance.

Both were also G-MAC first-team selections. Rodgers was named conference Freshman of the Year. It is the second time in as many years that a Trevecca runner has won the freshman honor. Josh Winskie winning a year ago.

"The guys proved today that in the coming years they'll be competing for titles. We're looking forward to adding more to our roster and making that a reality," Trojans coach Austin Selby said.

Eight teams competed at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course and ran the 8K distance.

Women's race: Three Trevecca athletes finished in the top 10. Freshmen Lindsey Mathis, Katie Hix, and Elizabeth McClendon all made the all-conference team.

The team time at the 6k distance fell again for the Trojans. The previous best 6k time was set at the 2013 Rhodes College event when the team ran a combined 2:00:41 with an average of 24:09.

The new record is 2:00:39.20 with an average of 24:07. The record time came just seconds short of being the winning time. Cedarville captured the team award with a time 1:59:09.40. Ursuline finished third at 2:04:22.70.

Mathis was fifth with a time of 23:53.40, followed by Hix (sixth, 23:54.80) and McClendon (seventh, 24:05.90). All three earned G-MAC first-team honors as well.

The 6k run at the Elvin R. King Cross Country Course had nine teams competing with 68 runners. It is the second year in a row that Trevecca has placed second at the G-MAC championships.

-Staff report

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Trevecca is runner-up twice in GMAC cross country

Trevecca finished in second place in both the men's and the women's cross country events at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference championships in Cedarville, Ohio.